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Music City is going to rock just a little bit harder on June 4, when the CMT Music Awards are in town, People reports.

This year's awards show, which will be broadcast live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, will feature performances by Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley and Jennifer Nettles.

They will be performing in addition to previously announced country superstars including Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, and Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood, who will perform their duet "Something Bad."

Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes, Kacey Musgraves, Jake Owen and Lee Ann Womack have also been added to the list of performers.

Lambert leads the field with six nominations, and fans can vote for their favorites at CMT.com.

The show will be hosted for the third time by Kristen Bell.

"This is going to be as great as the third time I walked my neighbor's dogs," she joked in a video announcement. "It'll certainly be as good as the third time I grew a beard."

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Broadway and Hollywood stars will help add some glamour to this year’s Tony Awards, with appearances expected by Bradley Cooper, Kevin Bacon, Clint Eastwood, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Will Ferrell and Liev Schreiber, The Associated Press reports.

The producers of the June 8 telecast announced an eclectic mix of stars Tuesday. Some of those overlooked this season for Tony nominations that will present awards include Zachary Quinto, Zachary Levi, Leighton Meester and Ethan Hawke.

The Tony Awards will be broadcast from Radio City Music Hall on CBS. Hugh Jackman will host.

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Fans can't get enough of “Frozen”!

The Oscar-winning Disney flick, which hit theaters in the U.S. back in November, has become the fifth highest-grossing film of all time. So just how much money has the animated movie made?

After sweeping theaters worldwide like a snowstorm for over half a year, “Frozen” has grossed a whopping $1.219 billion at the box office! According to Variety, the film raked in $400 million-plus in the U.S. alone and $194 million in Japan. “Frozen” has also become the top-grossing animated flick ever.

“Frozen” now stands as the second-highest grossing Disney movie behind “Marvel's The Avengers,” which is the third top-grossing movie ever.

In March, “Frozen” won the Oscar for Best Original Song for the undeniably catchy tune "Let It Go," which is world-renowned in its own right now.

As for the films that still stand ahead of “Frozen,” “Avatar” is the No. 1 movie of all time with $2.78 billion made at the box office. “Titanic” comes in second with $2.19 billion, “The Avengers” third with $1.52 billion and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” fourth with $1.34 billion.

German news source Express reported that Turner's alleged driver, Albert B. Cologne, announced the iconic performer had suffered a "mild stroke," but said she was "well on the road to recovery." The driver also said she was forced to cancel a trip with husband Erwin Bach. The website has since deleted the article, and Turner's rep told News.com.au that the "Proud Mary" singer, 74, does not have a driver named Cologne. The rep also denied that Turner ever planned a vacation to Carinthia.

"The fact is that Tina enjoys excellent health," Turner's rep said.

Oprah Winfrey slammed another stroke report via Twitter in February. "Tina had a bad flu weeks ago. She's recovered. And LIVING life! Sent me a single long-stem red rose for my birthday," she wrote.

Turner lives in Switzerland with Bach, whom she married last year.

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Sofia Vergara and fiance Nick Loeb have called it quits, People reports.

The “Modern Family” actress announced the split with a screenshot of a note on her Who Say account on Friday.

"Not that anyone should care, but in order to not give the press the chance to invent crazy and hurtful drama, I prefer to tell my fans personally that Nick and I have [decided] to be apart," she writes.

"We have [been] having too many problems with figuring out how to spend time together and [because] of my work and now his, its been getting worse and worse, not fun anymore."

The Colombian bombshell, 41, says that despite their separation, the two remain good friends. "We are still very close but we [believe this] is the best thing for us right now," she adds.

A source tells People that the two had been weathering a rough patch for some time now.

"Nick and Sofia were always on rocky grounds, especially in the last year or so," the source says. "It has been worse since she has become a real superstar and is so busy and in demand everywhere. It's hard for them to have a normal relationship, much less spend enough time together."

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